To the rear of this cemetery are the graves of local African Americans, including Fanny Beman, the mother of Reverend Amos Beman, one of Connecticut's best-known African American abolitionist leaders of the 19th century. There are also graves here of men who fought in the Connecticut 29th Regiment and other African American units of the Civil War. Among them is James Powers, who is listed on the Civil War monument located on the Green at South Main Street near the Benjamin Douglas House.